flambeau
Americannoun
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flambeaux,
plural
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flambeaus
plural
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a flaming torch.
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a torch for use at night in illuminations, processions, etc.
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a large, decorated candlestick.
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an ornament having the form of a flaming torch.
noun
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a burning torch, as used in night processions
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a large ornamental candlestick
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Etymology
Origin of flambeau
1625–35; < French: torch, derivative of Old French flambe flame
Vocabulary lists containing flambeau
Example Sentences
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He and friends played hide-and-seek in nearby brush but never saw the flambeau lit.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 2, 2021
And the king seized a flambeau with zeal to destroy; Thais led the way, To light him to his prey, And like another Helen, fired another Troy.
From Library of the World's Best literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 12 by Various
He then spoke to the youngest, who immediately got a flambeau, and prepared to go, having first asked the elder wife to accompany her.
From Algic Researches, Comprising Inquiries Respecting the Mental Characteristics of the North American Indians, Vol. 2 of 2 Indian Tales and Legends by Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
His was a weird figure, standing in the centre of the circle of uncertain light shed by the flambeau, watching eagerly, and waving his signals with untiring energy.
From The Great White Queen A Tale of Treasure and Treason by William Le Queux
The page took up a little taper that lay near the flambeau, and, shuddering as he passed by the body, instantly departed on his errand.
From Calavar or The Knight of The Conquest, A Romance of Mexico by Robert Montgomery Bird
On Tuesday night, authorities lit flambeaus to keep wild animals away, an official involved in the operation told the Hindustan Times newspaper.
From BBC ● Feb. 9, 2022
Hast thou not seen, sweeping so far and high, The meteors, midnight flambeaus of the sky, How after them they draw long trails of flame Wherever Nature gives a thoroughfare?
From On the Nature of Things by William Ellery Leonard
On came the mass of hunters with flambeaus, closing in, shrieking and shouting, driving the whole body of elephants before them.
From My First Voyage to Southern Seas by Alfred Pearse
They came down here with torches and flambeaus and saw the darkness only, while the light came out to meet us, seeing we had none….
From Pélléas and Mélisande by Richard Hovey
High and low the serfs looked out, red the flambeaus tossed about,— Toll slowly.
From In the Saddle A Collection of Poems on Horseback-Riding by Various
Like ghosts from the last century, they staged a torchlight parade, with oilcloth capes and kerosene flambeaux on long poles.
From Time Magazine Archive
Often, when the Queen was entertaining distinguished company under the flambeaux of the Great Hall, Lancelot had found him sitting by himself in a small room, mending stockings.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
The flambeaux around the edge were bright and red in the dark.
From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers
A hundred thousand flambeaux, inclosed in rich crystal cylinders, illuminated the gardens and the dining-hall.
From Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume by
Night closed in, and the flambeaux of the pages lighted up the mourning procession.
From The Childhood of King Erik Menved An Historical Romance by Bernhard Severin Ingemann
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